The shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC: “We’re not going to nationalise the energy system.”

Asked if they would follow the vote, he said: “No.”

  • @Jackthelad
    link
    English
    129 months ago

    One was a national vote, the other is a vote by party members.

    I’m sure you can see the difference.

    • @[email protected]OP
      link
      fedilink
      69 months ago

      Are you insinuating that the Labour party membership is in fact not the entire population of the UK? Eh?!

      • @Jackthelad
        link
        English
        39 months ago

        Incredible as it may seem, I have evidence to suggest that that is not the case.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      19 months ago

      Labour isn’t currently in power; surely they would put ‘nationalising energy supply’ on their manifesto, to be equivalent.

      • Alex
        link
        fedilink
        19 months ago

        It depends on if you want them to win the next election or not I guess?

        It’s not that I’m unsympathetic to the idea of some sort of public provision of energy supply but if you have the cash to borrow to buy up the entire energy generation sector I can find capital projects that will get you much more bang for your buck.

        • @Gamoc
          link
          49 months ago

          The point of nationalised services isn’t to make a profit. Considering that everyone is paying huge amounts more than they used to for power as they’re struggling to get by whilst the companies make record profits, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t a popular policy.

        • PupBiru
          link
          fedilink
          29 months ago

          “move towards a more nationalised public energy supply” sounds like a totally reasonable nothingburger message